How big does the play area need to be, to make for good play?
This totally depends on the type of game you want to play. You can have a good game on an area as small as a backyard with some barriers. This leads to a very fast-paced, tactical type of game very similar to paint ball’s “speedball” and is a fairly good simulation of close-quarters combat. A couple of our customers operate mobile businesses this way; with just a trailer full of foldable barriers, they can setup a game virtually anywhere. You can see a good picture at http://www.crossfirelasertag.com (click on the Safety link on the left for the best picture). On the other hand, if you want to have a more strategic game that’s more of a military simulation you’ll want more area with more natural barriers. In this case you’ll probably want around ten to twenty acres of land to give the teams plenty of area the maneuver in. You may need more if the area is very open (not very many trees or brush to hide behind). The goal is to have the teams start out of sight of each other so they can s
This totally depends on the type of game you want to play. You can have a good game on an area as small as a backyard with some barriers. This leads to a very fast-paced, tactical type of game very similar to paintball’s “speedball” and is a fairly good simulation of close-quarters combat. A couple of our customers operate mobile businesses this way; with just a trailer full of foldable barriers, they can setup a game virtually anywhere. On the other hand, if you want to have a more strategic game that’s more of a military simulation you’ll want more area with more natural barriers. In this case you’ll probably want around ten to twenty acres of land to give the teams plenty of area the maneuver in. You may need more if the area is very open (not very many trees or brush to hide behind). The goal is to have the teams start out of sight of each other so they can setup their strategy freely at the start of the game, and give them an opportunity to maneuver with some degree of safety (as
